People don't appreciate how much getting a job is about random luck. I don't even remember how I found the place I'm working at now, but if they didn't ask me how to find out if a binary tree is cyclical, I'd prolly be still looking. You would be more successful socializing at college instead of actually learning how to do things. That's a ****ed up system, but I can't pinpoint exactly how it went wrong between generations. People with the hookup of knowing somebody who owns a business can't appreciate that. People have too much disassociation with reality. I think ignorance is selfish. It makes you feel better to think you're somehow better than everyone else instead of acknowledging that you just got lucky, but it makes everyone else feel worse. I think society would be better if everyone was enlightened, but it's a prisoner's dilemma.
Knowledge is kinda like exercise. Some people like doing it, so they don't ever have a problem. Most people have to to work to varying degrees, but they can maintain an acceptable level of physical fitness. Some just can't get there for one reason of another, and it's a shame. I think most people who can't get fit have some sort of mental issue that keeps them from exersizing. Like everyone in the therapist's office is fat. Anyway, some people like pursuing knowledge, so they never have to worry about being ignorant. Most people need to actively remember to enrich themselves, and some would never get there. The difference is the penalty for lacking physical fitness is applied to you, whereas the penalty for lacking mental fitness is applied to everyone else, so nobody works toward it, because everyone is selfish. Is there an "anti-intellectual" movement? Maybe dumb people are just anti-other, and other includes the smart, because, you know, they're dumb. I dunno, I'm just rambling. My boyfriend isn't awake yet.
